The Pending Wait
Songs and heartbreak
Bap. 4
One by one facing Mr. Kiai for njai and allowed to read if something is wrong. Prayers of isya.
It is this kind of atmosphere that can be a healing of Piah's waiting. What is that waiting?
The wait that always makes him always contemplate and daydream in a place far from the crowd of his friends.
“Piah, I go to the room first yes..”, greet friends one by one leave it.
“Iya... Please..”, the answer is light. Piah was always ordinary, relaxed with the attitude of her friends, but she always had a lot of thoughts and did not tell stories often.
He also took advantage of time like this to clear his mind and tell Mr. Kiai about the problems he sometimes faced. He is happy to be able to tell stories and of course always get a solution from Mr. Kiai.
But this time it was different. He remained silent until Mr. Kiai left Mushala.
He only smiled when Mr. Kiai invited him. This was the time he stayed alone in Mushala.
Her tears slowly wet her cheeks. His throat feels dry. Tightness in the chest began to swell.
“Yes Allah.. The All-Giver..Give Your servant the best mate…
O Allah, Karti who does not want to marry, now there is a candidate, then who will be my future companion???
I need the prince of my heart O Allah. Find me with him immediately”. *** “Kring... Kring....”, as usual at 03:00 WIB the sound of Piah's alarm goes up. He opened his eyes slowly, swept both ends of his eyes with his tapered middle finger. He stared at the roof where he had slept. Reveal it in his heart and pray before he gets out of bed and turns off his alarm. As he often did, he always took water after waking up from his mouth. He also prayed tahajjud in a room that still had no noise. After praying, he did not return to enjoy his sleep again, but he chanted the holy verses until many more then did not forget he prayed. Then until dawn, he continued by reviewing the lessons for preparation for the National Examination which will last 5 months more. The sound of chicken kokokan began to sound unpretentious, dawn began to break. The sun began to appear from the east. Residents of the house are busy with their respective activities, as well as Piah. This is the first day at the beginning of the week, they must immediately go to school to follow a routine that is familiar today. The flag ceremony. All the students of Khidmad followed, including Karti who stood to the left of Piah because they were classmates in the Language department. The ceremony was over, all the students entered their respective classes.
“Pi, I want to ask you for help, can you?
”, ask Karti after arriving in front of the class. “Tell me, don't be shy about it”, replied Piah while holding the headscarf that was blown by the wind. Karti still thought long before stating his intention and then invited Piah to sit on the terrace. They look serious when they talk. Until finally Karti asked for certainty from the girl sitting next to him. “How, Pi? If I could, I'd give it a try right now. Later after school, I'll have him wait in the school garden. I will accompany you...” “Hmmm... I'm confused”, Piah said as he closed both hands on his face. He thought for a long time until he was surprised by the sound of a bell sign of the beginning of lesson hours. The two of them moved from their seats, Karti looked towards Piah hoping for his willingness.
“That's it...”, Piah replied suddenly startling his best friend. Hearing the answer from the little-lipped girl's mouth, Karti's face was like being exposed to such bright sunlight. The school bell has rang three times the sign of home time, for class X and XI of course because class XII there are still additional lessons. The two friends immediately ran to Mushala to carry out their duties, then walked slowly to the school park in front near the tennis court. Piah sat in the garden chair with a heart full of pounding and never stopped moving her fingers, Karti just smiled at the anxiety of his best friend. Two minutes later the long-awaited one came as well. Piah did not dare to move, a figure that was still unfamiliar to him approached. The eyes of the two looked involuntarily, then Piah looked down somewhat, embarrassed. Her face flushed. “Pi, introduce, this is my brother from Jenang City it”, explained Karti flatly with a smile. “Include, I am Heru, son of Kudus”.
“Greetings, I'm Piah, Pati's son native”. They also talk like best friends who have not met for a long time, look so familiar. Karti looked at the watch he was wearing, the time showed 13.55 WIB. He also spoke, too,
“Her, please first yes, it's this hour, we have additional hours, soon enter”. Before parting was clearly heard in Piah's ear when Heru said, “Thank you, glad to know you”.
Piah just smiled. Heru left, both of them rushed to leave the park for class. They ran through halls, language labs, and libraries. Arriving at the fork in the classroom hallway, they turned right towards the classroom. Not yet in class, the bell rang. They stopped running and then walked to see the teacher who was walking slowly. When the extra hour, Piah looks so cheerful from the aura on his face, shining, it is clear that his heart is blossoming. After an extra hour, as usual Piah and Karti head to Parkiran, taking his mini bike. Yep. Every day they ride bicycles to school without shame.
